BINAY ASKS MAKATI COMMUNITY TO PRAY FOR CORY

Makati Mayor and United Opposition (UNO) president Jejomar C. Binay today asked the Makati community to offer prayers for former President Aquino.

Binay, who was appointed by Aquino as acting mayor of Makati immediately after the February 1986 Edsa Revolution, urged residents to hold prayer vigils for the former president.

He also requested employees at the Central Business District (CBD) and the private sector to offer their prayers for Aquino, who is still confined at the Makati Medical Center .

“President Aquino has given so much for the country. The least that we can do is to pray for her,” he said.

Councilor Kid Pena, president of the Makati Liga ng mga Barangay, said the chairs of Makati ’s 33 barangays have been advised to hold prayer vigils, inform residents of the condition of the former president, and urge them to pray for her.